Battery-box.



W. HENRIOHS.

BATTERY BOX. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. 1910.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Witnesses 6' In ven tor Attorneys Dame W. HENRICHS. BATTERY BOX. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8, 1910.

988,337. Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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Inventor Attorn ey Moro,.in the county of'Sherman and -WILLIAM HENBICHS, O1? MORO, OREGON.

BATTERY-BOX.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

Application filed Rovember 8,v 1910. Serial No. 591,378.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM Hnnmcns, a citizen of the United -States, residin at tate of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Battery-Box, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a. battery box so constructed that when the lidthereof is laced in closed position, all of the. cells of attery which are within the box, will be connected, so that all of the cells will be rendered operative.

Another object of, the invention is to rovide novel means w ereby the cells of attery may be connec d by the closing of the lid, and. to provide novel means whereby the cells of battery may be positioned so as to cooperate with the aforementioned ,connectin means.

ith the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the-combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction. hereinafter described and claimed,it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departin from the spirit of the invention.

In t e drawings,-Figure 1 shows the invention in perspective, a portion of the lid being removed; Fig. 2 is a transverse section upon the line A-B of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the connecting bars; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of another of the connecting bars; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of thegage plate; and Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the lower part of the lid, showing the pole-engaging springs mounted therein.

In carrying out the invention there is provided as a primary and fundamental element, a receptacle 1, ordinarily taking the orm of a rectangular box., It is within this receptacle 1 that the cells2 are disposed. The invention further includes a gage plate, denoted by the numeral 3, this gage plate 3 being adapted to rest upon the receptacle 1, and being of the same general configuration as the receptacle. In this gage plate 3 there are a plurality ofopenings 4, ada ted to receive the poles 5 of thebattery cel s 2. This gage plate 3 is further provided, at any suitable point, with one or more screw holes 6,

whereby the gage plate 3 may beconnected with the receptacle 1.

The invention further includes a lid 7'. This 11d 7 IS a composite structure, compris- Referring particularly to Fig. 1, wherein the up er part 8 of the lid 7 is clearly shown, it W1 1 be seen that this up er partof the lid 10 whereby the upper part 8. may be connected to the lower.part 9. In the upper part 8 of the lid, moreover, and adjacent the ends thereof, there are openings 11 ada ted to receive binding posts as will be described hereinafter. The lid, comprising the parts 8 and 9 is hinged, as shown at 12, to the receptacle 1. 1 In the lower part 9 of the lid 7 there are a plurality of o enings 14, alined with the openings .4 in t e gage plate 3. In these openings 14, helical springs 15' are friction.- a-lly retained, the s rings 15 normally u standing above, and depending below t e part 9 of the lid, as clearly seendn Fig. 6. f desired, the lower face of theupper art 8 of the lid may be channeled, as denote by .the numeral 16.- These channels 16 are adapted to receive connecting bars 17 and 18, the forms of which are shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and 4. The connecting bars 17 are provided adjacent their ends with depending lugs 19. These lugs 19 are adapted to register in the upper ends of the helical springs 15, the sprin 15 bearing terminally against the bars 1 It will be .ing an upper part 8, and a lower part 9. i

'is provided with a plum ity of screw-holes I understood that these bars 17 are adapted to connect the positive pole of one cell of battery with the negative pole of another set, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The end bars 18 are provided with depending lugs 20, adapted to engage the sprin connected to the positive po e of the cell of battery which is in one end of the box, and with the spring 15 which is connected with the negative pole of that cell of battery which is disposed in the opposite end of the box. These connectin bars 18 in reality, as will be readily un erstood rom an inspection of Fi 1. form the terminals of the entire series 0 cells which are connected by means of the intermediate connecting bars- 17. The bars 18 are rovided attheir extremities with upstanding binding posts 21 and these binding posts 21 protrude throu h the openings 11 m the upper part 8 of t c 15 WhlCh is lid 7, the binding posts 21 carrying binding nuts 22, or any other common means ada ted to unite the ends of a circuit With the binding posts 21.

The operationof the device is as follows.

The cells 2 of battery are disposed within the receptacle 1, and the gage plate 3 is then mounted in place upon the receptacle 1, the

poles 5 of the cells 2 registering in the openings 1 in the gage plate 3. The gage plate 3 is then secured in place upon the receptacle, and all of the poles of the cells will, through the instrumentality of the gage late 3, be so positioned, that when the lid 7 is swung downwardly into closed position, the'springs 15 will bear against the poles '5'. hen the lid 7 is swung into closed position, the springs 15 will engage yieldingly With the poles 5 of the cells 2, the connectingbars l7 and 18 serving to unite all of the cells, so that when the terminals of the circuit are connected with the binding posts21, the entire battery of cells will be efiectivc. By reason of the fact that the bars 17 are prorided with depending lugs 19, the bars will be held in place, upon the s rings 15, an. intireceptacle, adapted to be superposed upon of the springs to connect the cells. a

2. A holder for batterycells, comprising a receptacle; a lid for the receptacle comprising rigidly connected upper and lower parts, the lower part having openings alining with the poles of the cells; pole-engaging springs in the openings; and bars be tween the parts of the lid and uniting the springs to connect the cells,

,3. A holder for battery cells, comprising a receptacle; a gage plate adapted to be secured to the receptacle and having openings to receive the poles of the cells; a lid for the receptacle, adapted to rest upon the gage plate and comprising rigidly connected upper and lower parts, the lower part having openings alincd with those of the gage plate pole-engaging springs in the openings of the lower part of the lid; and bars disposed between the parts of the lid, the bars having lugs registering in the openings in the lower part of the lid and engaging the springs to connect the cells.

In testimony that I claim .theforegoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRICHS.

lVitnesses:

H. S. MCDANEL, H. R. Moonn. 

